• hydroptic@sopuli.xyz
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    1 month ago

    Looking in from the outside, the US 100% does seem like it’s thiiiiiis close to being a far right dictatorship.

    I see many commentators, both foreign and domestic (to the US), saying that there’s no way Republicans will win the next election after this clusterfuck, and I can’t help but wonder if it isn’t a bit premature to assume that there will be anything resembling fair elections in the US in the future – at least at a federal level or in any red state. What with the Trump regime taking an axe to federal election security etc etc

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      1 month ago

      Yup. Trump has demonstrated that there’s no consequences for doing this shit, so it must be okay for future politicians to pull the same shit and get away with it.

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        1 month ago

        What’s scary is that it seems like every conservative around the world is fully erect / has soaked their panties taking notes of what the Trump regime is doing, and so many are outright blatantly copying the tactics – and they’re working